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A Long December
Counting Crows
Strum Pattern:
B B D
D U
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
(B = Bass string)
[C]A long [G]December and there’s [D]reason
to [Am] believe
Maybe [C]this year
will be [G]better than the [C]last
[Am]I can't [C]remember the [G]last thing
that you [D]said as you were [Am]leavin'
Now the [G]days go
by so [C]fast
And it's [G]one
more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons
And it's [G]one
more night [C]in Hollywood[Am]
If you [G]think
that I could [C]be for[Am]given
I wish you would
Chorus: G C Am C G C Am
[C]The smell of [G]hospitals in [D]winter
And the [Am]feeling
that it's [C]all a lot of [G]oysters, but no
[C]pearls
[Am]All at [C]once you look across[G] a
crowded room[D]
To see the [Am]way
that light [G]attaches to a [C]girl
And it's [G]one
more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons
And it's [G]one
more night [C]in Hollywood[Am]
If you think [G]you
might come to [C]California, [Am]
I think you should
Chorus
[C]Drove up to [G]Hillside Manor [D]sometime
after [Am]two a.m.
And [C]talked a
little [G]while about the [C]year
[Am]I guess the [C]winter makes you [G]laugh
a little [D]slower,
Makes you [Am]talk
a little [G]lower about the [C]things you could not
show her
And it's been a [C]long
[G]December and there's [D]reason to [Am]believe
Maybe [C]this year
will be [G]better than the [C]last
[Am]I can't [G]remember all the [D]times
I tried to [Am]tell my myself
To [C]hold on to
these [G]moments as they [C]pass
And it's [G]one
more day up [C]in the can[Am]yons
And it's [G]one
more night [C]in Hollywood[Am]
It's [G]been so
long since I've [C]seen the ocean[Am]
I guess I should
Chorus
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.